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| Inactivity - the second greatest threat in the U.S. |
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| Number one death threat in U.S. |
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| A state of wellbeing not just the absense of disease or infirmary |
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| The average number of years a person will live based on their birth year |
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| Number of years a person will live minus years they are sick |
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| Any movement made throughout the day |
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| Planned, structured, repetative physical activity |
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| A condition related to or caused by illness or disease |
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| Moderate physical activity |
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| Activity using 150 calories of energy each day, or 1,000 calories per week |
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| An electronic device that senses body motion and counts footsteps. Some pedometers also record distance, calories burned, speeds, "aerobic steps," and time spend being physically active. |
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| Lifestyle and genetic variables that may lead to disease |
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| The science and art of enabling people to increase control over their lifestyle to move toward a state of wellness |
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| The constant and deliberate effort to stay healthy and achieve the highest potential for well-being. It encompasses seven dimensions |
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| Good physical fitness and confidence in your personal ablitity to take care of health problems |
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| The ability to understand your own feelings, accept your limitations, and achieve emotional stability |
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| A state in which your mind ie engaged in lively interaction with the world around you |
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| The ability to relate well to others, both within and outside the family unit |
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| The capability to live in a clean and safe environment that is not detrimental to health |
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| A community of organisms interacting with each other in an environment |
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| The ability to perform your job skillfully and effectively under conditions that provide personal and team satisfaction and adequately reward each individual |
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| The sense that life is meaningful, that life has purpose, and that some power brings all humanity together; the ethics, values and morals that guide you and give meaning and direction to life. |
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| Sincere and humble communicsation with a higher power |
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| Unselfish concern for the welfare of others |
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| Desciption of a person who is relatively inactive and whose lifestyle is characterized by a lot of sitting |
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| Any exercise that requires an MET level equal to or greater than 6 METs (21 ml/kg/min). |
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| Energy expenditure at rest, 3.5 ml/kg/min |
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| Multiples of the metabolic rate |
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| The ability to meet the ordinary as well as the unusual demands of daily life safely and effectively without being overly fatigued and still have enery left for leisure and recreational activities |
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| Firness programs that are prescribed to improve the individual's overall health |
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| Illnesses related to a lack fo physical activity |
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| Fitness components important for success in skillful activities and athletic events; encompasses agility, balance, coordination, power, reaction time, and speed. |
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| A term used primarily in the field of medicine to mean biological systems affected by physical activity and the role of activity in preventing disease |
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| Cardiorespiratory endurance |
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| The ability of the lungs, heart and blood vesses to deliver adequate amounts of oxygen to the cells to meet the demands of prolonged physical activity |
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| Air sacs in the lungs where oxygen is taken up and carbon dioxide is released from the blood |
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| Iron-containing compound, found in red blood cells, that transports oxygen |
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| Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) |
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| A high-energy chemical compound that the body uses for immediate energy |
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| The amount of oxygen the human body uses |
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| Describes exercise that requires oxygen to produce the necessary energy to carry out the activity |
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| Descrtibes exercise that does not require oxygen to produce the necessary energy to carry out the activity |
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| A component of physiologic fitness that denotes reduction in the risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease through a moderate-intensity exercise program in spite of little or not improvement in cardiorespiratory fitness |
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| A component of physiological fitness used in reference to body composition factors such as percent body fat, body fat distribution and body circumference |
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| A component of physiologic fitness used to determine risk for osteoperosis based on bone mineral density |
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| The lowest fitness requirements for maintaining good health, decreasing the risk for chronic diseases, and lowering the incidence of muscular-skeletal injuries |
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| A measurement of plasma insulin, glucose, lipid, and lipoprotein levels to asses risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease |
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| Cardiorespiratory endurance |
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| The ability of the lungs, heart and blood vessels to deliver adequate amounts of oxygen to the cells to meet the demands of prolonged physical activity |
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| Physical fitness standards |
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| A fitness level that allows a person to sustain moderate-to-vigorous physical activity without undue fatigue and the ability to closely maintain this level throughout life. |
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| Slower heart rate than normal |
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| Behavioral modification model holding that behavior change is influenced by the environment, self-efficacy, and characteristics of the behavior itself |
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| Inflatable bladder contained within a cuff and a mercury gravity manometer (or aneroid manometer) from which blood pressure is read |
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| Pressure exerted by bood against walls of arteries during forceful contration (systole) of the heart |
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| Pressue exerted by blood against the walls of the arteries during the relaxation phase (diastole) of the heart |
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| The desire and will to do something |
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| A concept examining the extent to which a person believes he or shee can influence the external environment |
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| Bahavioral modification perspective stating that most behaviors are learned and maintained under complex schedules or reinforcement and anticipated outcomes |
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| Behavioral modification model proposing that many behaviors are the result of making decisions as the individual seeks to solve the problem behavior |
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